A Home at the End of the World
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| A Home at the End of the World | |
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| Directed by | Michael Mayer |
| Produced by | John Hart (producer) |
| Written by | Michael Cunningham |
| Starring | Colin Farrell, Robin Wright Penn, Dallas Roberts, Sissy Spacek |
| Distributed by | Warner Independent Pictures |
| Release date(s) | 23 July 2004 (USA) |
| Running time | 97 min |
| Language | English |
| Budget | ~ US$6,500,000 |
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A Home at the End of the World is a book by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Michael Cunningham, who also wrote the screenplay of the movie (directed by Michael Mayer).
The book is narrated in the first person, with the narrator changing in each chapter. Bobby and Jonathon are the main narrators, but several chapters are narrated by Alice (Jonathan's mother) and Clare.
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Bobby had grown up in a home in suburban Cleveland where partying and drugs were a recurring theme. He had already witnessed his beloved older brother's death in a home accident and his mother's death by the time he befriends Jonathan, who comes from a sheltered, but loving family. After Bobby finds his father dead, Jonathan's family takes him in.
Bobby and Jonathan become best friends. Closer than brothers, they also experiment sexually. The two eventually lose touch, but meet up again in their twenties in 1980s New York, where Bobby (played by Colin Farrell) moves in with Jonathan (Dallas Roberts) and his eccentric roommate Clare (Robin Wright Penn). Clare had planned to have a baby with Jonathan (now openly gay), but Bobby and Clare become lovers, while Jonathan still has feelings for Bobby.
The trio form their own unusual family, questioning traditional definitions of family and love, while dealing with the complications of their love triangle. Erich, a former sexual partner of Jonathan's, joins the household when he becomes ill with AIDS, although this subplot is absent from the film version. In the movie Erik Smith plays Bobby as a teenager, and Harris Allan plays the teenage Jonathan.
